Johann III of Sponheim-Starkenburg

Johann III of Sponheim-Starkenburg (1310-30 December 1398) was Count of Sponheim-Starkenburg from 1331 to 1398, succeeding Loretta of Sponheim and preceding Johann IV of Sponheim.

Biography
Johann III of Sponheim-Starkenburg was the first son of Count Heinrich II of Sponheim and Loretta of Salm. He became Count in 1324, but his mother served as his regent until his coming of age in 1331. Johann went to war with the Archbishop of Trier, Boemund II of Saarbrucken, and he also fought against the Archbishop of Luxembourg from 1338 to 1347. He died in 1398 at the age of 88.